Horse-whipping mechanism.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

A. NEUDEGKER. HORSE WHIPPING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5, 1904.

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HORSE WHIPPING MECHANISM.

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HORSE-WHIPPING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed October 5, 1904. Serial No. 227,322.

To ztZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW NEUDEGKER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Clements, in the county of Redwood and State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and Improved Horse-Vhipping Mechanism, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates particularly to improvements in mechanism forapplying a whip at intervals to a horse hitched to the sweep of afeed-grinding mill or the like, the object being to provide a simplemeans in connection with the mill whereby should the animal slack up ortravel at a gait below a desired speed a whip would be automaticallyreleased to strike and continue to strike the horse until the properspeed is gained, when the operation of the whip is automaticallystopped, obviating the attention of a driver, and thus resulting in aneconomical operation of a horse-power mill.

1 will describe a horse-whipping mechanism embodying my invention andthen point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan of a grinding-mill, showing the whipping mechanismembodying my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of theactuating mechanism. Fig. i is a plan view thereof. Fig. 5 is a detailplan view showing the whip attachment and rack. Fig. 6 is a section onthe line of Fig. 3, and Fig. 7 is a section on the line 3 y of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a mill-casing of ordinaryconstruction, in which the grinding devices operate, the mill being fedfrom a hopper2. Extended outward from the grinding mechanism is a sweep3. Mounted on the sweep is a frame 4:, in which an actuating-shaft hasits bearings, and on this actuating-shaft is a pulley 6, engaged by aband 7, which passes around a disk 8, fixed on the casing 1. Thereforeit is obvious as the sweep moves around the band will cause a rotarymovement of the pulley 6.

Mounted on the shaft 5 above the pulley 6 is a gear-wheel 9, andpreferably there will be a clutch connection 10 between the pulley andgear-wheel, so that should the sweep be moved in a backward directionthe whip mechanism will not be operated. The gear-wheel 9 meshes with apinion 11 on a tubular shaft 12, having bearings in the frame 4, andattached to this pinion is a governor comprising centrifugal balls 13,attached to upper arms let, which are pivoted to the hub of the pinionl1, and lower arms 15, extended from the balls, have pivotal connectionwith acollar 16, movable lengthwise of the tubular shaft, and extendedthrough opposite vertical channels 17 in the tubular shaft andconnecting with the collar 16 is a pin 18, which is attached to thelower end of a holding and releasing shaft 19, movable vertically in thetubular shaft and designed at times to extend above the tubular shaft.

Mounted loosely on the upper end of the shaft 5 is a detent-arm 20,designed to engage with the upper end of the rod or shaft 19, as will behereinafter described. Mounted to swing on the detent-arm 20 is a pawl21, yieldingly pressed by a spring-plate 22, attached to the arm anddesigned to engage with a ratchet-wheel 23, secured to the shaft 5, andthe pawl at a certain time will be moved out of engagement with theratchetwheel by striking against a fixed verticallyextended pin 24.

Mounted on the sweep 3 near the outer end is a pinion 25, to which isfixedly attached a whip 26. This pinion is engaged by a rack 27, fromwhich a pitman 28 extends inward and has pivotal connection with thetrip-arm 20. The rack is prevented from disengagement with the pinion bymeans'of a loop 29 on the portion of the pitman which engages with thehub of the pinion at the opposite side engaged by the rack.

As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the stud on which the pinion 25 rotates issecured in a bracket 30, attached to the sweep, and from this bracket aspring 31 extends to a connection with a lug 32 on the pitman, andtherefore this spring serves to draw the pitman in an outward direction.

In the operation when the horse is travel-.

ing around at a normal speed the governor will hold the rod or shaft 19upward in its locking engagement with the trip-arm 20. Should the speeddiminish, the balls 13 will move inward, forcing the rod 19 downward outof engagement with the arm 20, and as the arm is thus released the pawl21 will engage with the ratchet-wheel 23, which, it is understood, is atall times in rotary motion. At this time the arm 20 will servepractically as a crank for reciprocating the pitman 28. As the pitmanreciprocates the rack carried thereby obviously will cause a rotarymovement of the pitman 25 to oscillate the whip 26 back and forth. Asthe speed of the animal increases the rod 19 will be raised by theoutward movement of the governor-balls, so that the upper end of saidrod will come into the line of movement of the arm 20, and at the sametimethe pawl 21 will be=moved by the pin 24: out of engagement with theratchetwheel, thus permitting said ratchetwheel, with the other gearingand governor, to rotate freely. Should the horse suddenly stop, afly-wheel 33 on the lower end of the governor-shaft by its momentum willoperate'to continue the movement sufficiently long to re lease themechanism. \Yhen the arm 20 comes to a stop, the whip will remainstationary in its normal position away from the horse, as indicated inFig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination with a sweep, of a driving-shaftthereon, a pulley on the drivingshaft, a fixed dish, a band connectionbetween said fixed disk and the pulley, a gear wheel attached to thedriving-shaft, a ratchet-wheel secured to said shaft, an arm looselymounted on said shaft, a governor operated fromthe gearawheel on theshaft, a part operated by said governor forengaging with said arm, aspring-pressed pawl carried by the arm for engaging with theratchet-wheel, means for moving said pawl out of engagement with theratchet-wheel, a pinion arranged on the sweep, a whipping deviceattached to said pinion, a pitman having swinging connection with saidarm, and a rack on the pitman engagingwith said pinion.

2. The combination with a sweep, of a driving-shaft, a pulley on saiddriving-shaft,afixed dish, a band extended from said disk to saidpulley, a ratchet-wheel on the upper end of the shaft, an arm mounted toswing onthe shaft, a pawl carried by said arm for engaging with theratchet-wheel, a pin adapted to be engaged by said pawl for moving itout of engagement with the ratchet-wheel, a governor controlled fromsaid driving-shaft for moving a part into or out of engagement with saidarm, and a swinging whip mounted on the sweep and operated from saidarm.

n I 5 o. The combmation w1th a sweep, of a drivmg-shaft mounted thereon,means for rotating the same, a gear-w heel on said shaft, a ratchetwheelon the upper end of said shaft, an arm loosely mounted on the upper endof said shaft, a tubular shaft, a pinion on said tubular shaft engagingwith said gear-wheeh the said tubular shaft being slotted, a collarmovable on the tubular shaft, a governor having connection with thefixed portion of the shaft and with said collar, a rod movable in thetubular shaft and having a pin connection with said collar, the said pinpassing through the slots, aspring-pressed pawl carried by the arm forengaging with the ratchetwheel, means for releasing the pawl from theratchetwheel at a certain time, a pinion mounted on the sweep, a whipconnected to the pinion, a pitman having tubular connection with saidarm, a rack on the pitman forengaging with said pinion onthe sweep, anda spring connectionbetween said pitman and a fixed part on the sweep.

4C. The combination with a sweep, of a driving-shaft mounted thereon,means for rotating the same, a gear-wheel on said shaft, a ratchetwheelon the upper end of said shaft, an arm loosely mounted on the upper endof said shaft, a tubular shaft, a pinion on said tubular shaft engagingwith said gear-wheel, the said tubular shaft being slotted,abalancewheel on the tubular shaft, a collar movable on the tubularshaft, a governor having connection with the fixed portion of the shaftand with said collar, a rod movable in thetubular shaft and having a pinconnection with said collar, the said pin passing through the slots, aspring-pressed pawl carried by the arm for engaging with theratchet-wheel,means for releasing the pawl from the ratchet-wheel at acertain time, a pinion mounted on the sweep, a whip-connected to thepinion, a pitmau for engaging with said pinion on the sweep, and aspring connection between said pitman and a fixed part on the sweep.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDRBHV NEUDEUKER.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL NEUDECKER, ANTON S. NEUDECKER.

